"I became the co-host of a morning show called 'People Are Talking' and then one day I heard that there was a morning show in Chicago that needed a new host."YouTube/OWN TV

"So I stayed up all night long with an editor, because I wasn't one of those people who was prepared and keeping track of all my stories. So I sent my tape in and I was obsessed with getting this job. Somehow, after all these years, my staff hunted down my original audition tape."YouTube/OWN TV

Watch the short audition video below, in which the future media mogul reveals where her name comes from:

Within a few months, "AM Chicago" trumped Phil Donahue’s show to become the highest-rated talk show in Chicago.

In 1986 it was renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and was broadcast nationally. The rest is history.